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Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Gold Medal and was shortlisted for both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. Some of her other young fiction titles include The Secret of Platform 13, Which Witch? and The Great Ghost Rescue. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.
Katie Hickey is an illustrator based just outside of London in the Surrey Hills. After graduating from Falmouth in 2016, she began working across different fields of illustration, finding a happy home specialising in children’s publishing. When she’s not illustrating, she loves to cook and travel, taking inspiration from the places and people she meets along the way.
The most perfect children's book . . . captivatingly told, funny and moving
- Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
A bubbly and fantastical adventure . . . Driven by humour and warmth, <i>Journey to the River Sea</i> has an irresistible charm
- Julia Eccleshare, Guardian
A plot too exciting to put down. Sheer pleasure
- Sarah Johnson, The Times
My favourite children's book
- Lauren St John,
Enchanting and inspiring. Any reader presented with this book will be enriched for life
- Anne Fine,
A wonderful adventure story, told with energy and imagination
Mail on Sunday
This year (thanks to a recommendation by Ella Risbridger on Instagram, of all places) I have binged on Eva Ibbotson, not her children’s books, but her elegantly written, witty and well-observed if (after a few) formulaic fables of emigrées with beautiful burnished hair fallen on hard times. I read one after another, and rather feel your Christmas might be brightened by doing the same. So may I suggest <i>A Song for Summer</i>, followed by <i>The Morning Gift</i>, then <i>The Secret Countess, A Company of Swans, Magic Flutes, Journey to the River Sea</i>, and <i>The Star of Kazan.</i>
- Nigella Lawson, The Sunday Times
'... a modern children's classic...an adventure kids will adore - all in a beautiful gift edition'
- Zoe West, Woman and Home,
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, but when the Nazis came to power her family fled to England and she was sent to boarding school. She became a writer while bringing up her four children, and her bestselling novels have been published around the world. Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Gold Medal and was shortlisted for both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award. Some of her other young fiction titles include The Secret of Platform 13, Which Witch? and The Great Ghost Rescue. Eva died peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.
Katie Hickey is an illustrator based just outside of London in the Surrey Hills. After graduating from Falmouth in 2016, she began working across different fields of illustration, finding a happy home specialising in children’s publishing. When she’s not illustrating, she loves to cook and travel, taking inspiration from the places and people she meets along the way.